Efficacy and community-effectiveness of insecticide treated nets for the control of visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Carlos Alberto Montenegro-Quiñonez, Claudia Buhler, Olaf Horstick, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Kazi Mizanur Rahman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Prisma
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010196; https://doaj.org/article/496d30bed6ef44e5928f4cce28c9b437

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been targeted for elimination from Southeast Asia (SEA). The disease has been endemic in SEA, and in other parts of the world involving both humans and animals. One of the key strategies for combating VL is controlling for the vector sandfly. There are a few vector co...